River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-08-25
HISTORY OF THE WEEK.

says; Everything now turns on crop pros
poets. Considerable injury is no longer
dlsputed-indeed, its effects are already
telt IN diminishing demand from regions
most affected by the drouth for some manu-
featured products. But estimates of the
extent of harm done differ widely. Chi
eago aud Detroit advices indicate that
rains were too late to save a considerable
portion Of the corn crop, but after declin-
ing : cents on the growing impression
that the injury would not prove so
/ ext. nsIve as to balance the increase in acre
I age the price rose as much on reports OF
I INJURY by frost Thursday. Latest Govern
ment reports point to a probable yield
/ slightly less than that of last year, Wheat
+ rose half cent Wednesday, but lost the
advance. Injury TO this crop does not APP
pear important, ana official figures point TO
a yield exceeding 40, 10000 bushels, which
/ with stocks carried over would meet all
/ probable requirements. The failures for the
/ week were, United States 1876 Canada 20.
The Prohibition state convention of
I Nebraska, met on Wednesday at Lincoln,
and put the following ticket IN the fielC
Z Judge Z. g.. Abbott, of Saline county, su
+ preme judge; HOratiO =. Hilton, of Mer
/ rick, and j. ID. Newell, of Richardson, re-
gents OF the state university. Candidates
{ for JudgeshIps in the several judicial dis
I trIcts were also nominated. The platform
adopted recognized Almighty God as the
T rightful sovereign of all men; declares con
sututOnal and statutory prohibition the
most vital issue before the American
Z people; denounces the policy of the general
Z government in issuing permits TO liquor
I sellers; denOunces the law permitting
foreigners TO vote before being naturalized,
and invites the wOTkingmen of Nebraska to
[ Join the prohibition army in its crusade
I against the enemies of honest labor.
Republican City, town in
3 - lf,,a
was struck by tornado, moving from
west and north, aid almost totally
I destroyed Every brick building in the
I place was leveled and a new school house
F fell buryiug seven men, two of whom-N.
Allen and J. J. tanning were killed and the
/ Others terribly injured. Two other fatalities
are reported. III. A. Wetherels house was
blown away. and his wife and two children
I buried in the debris, and all more or less in
I iured. Several other buildings We're
carried away or wrecked, and several per
sons badly hurt Hail stones an inch in
diameter fell during the storm.
AtchisOn. Kansas. suffered large
damage from hail storm, half the windows
on the north side of houses being broken.
{ The heavy French plate glass in the lower
story Of the Daily Champion building was
struck by three large hailstOnes and broken
{ into a hundred pieces Twenty or more
L LeAhF EitUcA kltlLt NluuONS were AINkcii
+ in a similar manner, and several handsome
Illuminated windows in the Baptist and
E Episcopal churches were destroyed. The
I loss IN broken glass viii aggregate S4,OO or
s5tul. n. q. Patchen, a printer, was struck
{ by one of the hailSuOnes and the bridge of
Z his nose flattened. His injuries are very
I severe.
Portions Of California are just now
experiencing an exciting real estate boom,
conducting much as wheat corners and the
I like are manipulated. As one instance of
Z how infectious the boom has become, it may
/ be stat 4 that an excursion train, consisting
I OF thirty five ears, cOntaing over 300 peo-
I pie. left san Francisco for San Jose, Santa
I Clara county, to attend an auction sale of
}U lots, which proved a grand success.
/ " heat deals, mining stocks and all other
E kinds OF marginal transactions have sunk,
7 comparatively. out of sight, and street talk
Is confined almost entirely to real estate.
Denny Wilcox. lad 10 years old,
tile son of Dan Wilcox, a life-saver and
local oarsman on the Ohio river, has
Z proved himself a hero from top TO toe. He
I was out in the middle of the Ohio late in
the evening with Lille Reiner, a child
i eight wears old, when the steamer Guiding
star came along and made waves that cap
I sized Denny's boat and threw him and
Z Lille into the river. Denny swan to her,
cautioned her to keep quiet, seized her 10y
the arm. and with one hand swan through
the rocking pillows to the Ohio shore and
[ saved himself and her.
A resident of Labrador writing the
New York Herald under date of Aug. p
says: 1t would be criminal for any govern
ment to endeavor TO hide from the outside
world the true condition of the people here
/ Ii the arctic winter once more closes in
I around them, and the ice barrier shuts of
I for eight months all communication with
[ the outside world before assistance comes,
I starvation and death are inevitable, and
/ fear we shall have repeated, on a larger
| scale, the story of the Greedy expedition.
A. an incident in the contempt pro
/ ceedings at Winchester Va, against Sen
ator Riddleberger, the grand jury found in
dictments against several participants in
the delivery from Jail of the Senator among
them one against Deputy Sheriff Hotel fol
I misdemeanOr. The court Overruled q
motion to quash this indictment, and eacE
of the parties indicted were released on
their own recognizance. All the cases were
then postponed until the next term, and the
court adjourned.
BY a fall Of rock from the roof of q
chamber in the Lake Superior mine al
Ishpeming. Mich, Magnus Anderson and
F-AnlIeW NuIlAElAoAAs lAlAlutEUltAs were III
stantlv killed. John MarOney was seriously
injured and &. 4. SwenSOn was hurt Sund
blod leaves a family. Six miners of Ish
peming have been killed and as many more
injured within less than a week. The
miners are calling for the appointment of q
new mine inspector.
The CITY of Mexico, has been in
undated, by the heaviest rain fall of many
seasons On Monday night foot passenger
who were out late found themselves Obliged
To travel on mems backs through the heart
Of the city. and the shops had to be pumped
out Freights moved all right on the Central
railway and the company had plenty of en-
{ gines from the United States. Large ship
nients Of American cattle are arriving.
Charles. alias ..Blinky," Morgan has
written letter to the public explaining the
shooting Of Sheriff Lynch of Alpena He
saws that Lynch and his deputies walked
in on him without warning, and when they
laid violent hands on him he did not know
I who they were. When one of them said,
/ xiii him, he drew his revolver and fired.
He thinks the shooting was excusable.
Another woman has been murdered
in the night, mistaken for a burglar this
time. near Marion, Ind, 1t appears that
some time in the night Mrs. Newton Light
Z foot, wife of farmer, arose, and walked in
E her sleep. Her movements attracted the
I attention Of her son Frank. who mistaking
her for a burglar, shot and killed her.
At Fl Paso. Texas, William Cald-
well an attorney. and c. E. Smith, editor
Of tine Republican. met on the street
/ Ia front OF the Herald Office armed with six
I shooters Insults passed and they fired
simultaneously. Caldwell was seriously
Z wounded in the thigh. The trouble arose
about articles In the Republican rejecting
I on Caldwell and his brother-in-law, Aid.
Hague. Smith gave bond
The annual meeting of the National
Editorial Association, called to meet in
] Denver on Sept Is, has been postponed on
/ account Of the difficulty OF perfecting salts
{ factory arrangements with the railroad
Z companies for the transportation of dele
I gates. The meeting Will be held hereafter,
I at a time and place 20 be fixed by the exec
I utive committee.
a trial trip Of new engine on the
santa Re road, Kansas City, No, resulted
/ in a serious accident. The engine was
{ overturned near Argentine, and fell on
I Robert Sanford, pinning him down while
he was slowly scalded to death. John
7 Saby and Charles Crutchiield, switchmen,
I who were on the engine, were also mortally
bruised and scalded
i Near Exeter. Nebraska John and
! Frank Newer. brothers, were shot to death
I at a pic mic dance. by railroad graders whom
I they discovered carrying OF key Of beer
y that had been provided as a part of the